Cricket News

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, March 27 AAP - Australian selectors have named an unchanged squad for the third match of the one day cricket series against South Africa in Potchefstroom today.

Australia has withdrawn from its scheduled tour of Zimbabwe.

Australia's last wicket pair of Jimmy Maher and Nathan Hauritz snatched a remarkable tie in the third Standard Bank One-Day International in Potchefstroom on Wednesday after South Africa seemed set to take their first victory of the series

Shane Warne and Michael Bevan will both miss Australia's bid to take a 3-0 lead in the Standard Bank one-day series match against South Africa in Potchefstroom on Wednesday

Queensland has clinched its third successive first-class title and its fifth crown in the space of eight years after it emphatically set the seal on a 235-run victory over Tasmania in the 2001-02 Pura Cup Final here at the 'Gabba ground in Brisbane

If coach Graham Ford isn't sacked before August, the first casualties of South Africa's disastrous campaign against Australia this summer will be Rushdi Magiet's panel of national selectors

Queensland captain Stuart Law has paid tribute to the depth of his state's resources and the quality of its emerging players in the wake of its 235-run victory over Tasmania in the 2001-02 Pura Cup Final here in Brisbane today.

Tasmanian captain Jamie Cox is looking beyond short-term pain and to an exciting future for his state after its 235-run defeat at the hands of Queensland in the Pura Cup Final in Brisbane today.

Queensland is just a day away from claiming its fifth domestic first-class title after it continued to remorselessly shut Tasmania out of the 2001-02 Pura Cup Final here at the 'Gabba in Brisbane today.

Ricky Ponting has wasted no time making his mark on the Australian one-day captaincy and has clearly learned well from Steve Waugh's leadership manual.

All the ingredients for Queensland's fifth first-class title in eight years are in place after batsmen Brendan Nash (96) and Martin Love (93) served up a run-feast for the Bulls on the third day of the Pura Cup Final against Tasmania here in Brisbane

With only a few minor alterations, Australia and South Africa read from a script first used at the Wanderers last Friday

As warmer temperatures returned to Brisbane, Queensland applied a blowtorch to Tasmania and decisively took control of the 2001-02 Pura Cup Final between the teams here at the 'Gabba today.

Already without Shane Warne for the second Standard Bank one-day international against South Africa at SuperSport Park on Sunday, Australia will also be missing Michael Bevan and Ian Harvey

Australia has named a twelve-man squad for the second Standard Bank one-day international against South Africa on its Travelex Tour, to be played at Centurion Park on Sunday 24 March, it was announced today

An old ghost returned to haunt Tasmania, and two of Queensland's most seasoned campaigners reversed the trend of previously mediocre seasons, as déjà vu and a break with custom were delicately intertwined on the opening day of the 2001-02 Pura Cup

Australia put last week's wobble at Kingsmead quickly behind them with a 19-run victory over South Africa in the opening Standard Bank One-Day International at the Wanderers on Friday

Tasmanian captain Jamie Cox anticipates that a sense of history will inspire his players when his team meets Queensland in the Pura Cup Final starting at the 'Gabba tomorrow.

A chronicle of the outstanding moments, incidents and performances in the 19-year history of interstate first-class finals in Australia.

Though it will be chasing a spot in the record books, Queensland captain Stuart Law and his side will be treating the Pura Cup Final against Tasmania as just another game of cricket when it begins here in Brisbane tomorrow.